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"Four activists from EligeVeganismo [ChooseVeganism]
entered one of the many pig-fattening farms of a well-known Chilean
animal exploiting company in the early morning hours of November 7 in
order to rescue two of them after a long period of investigation. A
period which has shown us the more sinister face of slavery and the
thousands of silent victims of fear and pain.

Transport trucks traveled to various slaughterhouses
along the highway, filled with adult pigs on their way to death: in the
midst of this scene, which was so much in contrast with our purposes,
the three activists from the rescue and investigation team of our
organization entered one of the sheds and took two male pigs born just
three months ago, to give them a chance to live a new life, with a vegan
family who will care for them and where they will be treated as what
they are: sensitive, sentient beings with unique interests and
personalities, worthy of respect.

We have left behind thousands, with faces similar to
those in the photos. Curious, confused and longing for their mothers'
warmth; we do not have homes or the ability to help all of them, but we
can prevent new generations from living and dying in silence, subjected
to this injustice.

Veganism is the most important decision we can make to
stop their exploitation. A simple change in our diet and some patience
with ourselves during the transition, are the key to making an essential
difference in their lives. Become vegan and an activist.

We dedicate this rescue to our comrade Fernando Droguett,
who is recovering well from his accident. We hope that the freedom of
these two pigs is an encouragement to him in this long and difficult
process.

We dedicate it too - as on previous occasions - to all
those we left behind. Those who we could not rescue and for those for
whom we work each week educating others so that they will rethink their
actions.

"Early this morning we placed a noise bomb in the 'Los
Tachuelas' circus in Maipu as a form of protest and condemnation against
the use of animals in circuses, as well as a commemoration of 10 years
since the death of our comrade Barry Horne. We left leaflets at the site
with the clear message that this is just a warning and that if they do
not stop the abuse and mistreatment and do not free the animals, this
will continue, and the next blow will be worse, and when they least
expect it. We made it clear that we have no hesitation in attacking them
to obtain the liberation of our brothers and sisters who have suffered
long years of imprisonment, training and mistreatment to entertain
thousands of people and also to sustain the lives of those who own the
circus. We call on all groups who claim to be for animal liberation to
take radical action and attack all those who abuse animals; they must be
made to feel afraid, our brothers and sisters must be avenged so that
the perpetrators know that animals are not alone and that there are many
of us who are willing to do anything to fight for animal, human and
earth liberation.

"In the early morning hours of October 31, having filled
the city with graffiti, we turned our attention to the meat distributor,
'Cecinas Villablanca Chillán', which was covered with slogans in protest
of the animal exploitation that has for years made those who run this
company rich.

The action is part of the 10 year commemoration of the
departure of the warrior Barry Horne... you're only dead if you're
forgotten!

About Cecinas Villablanca:Since 1930 it has been
one of the largest animal exploiting companies in the region. They refer
to themselves as a 'manufacturer' and distributor of meat; for a long
time they have been murdering and torturing animals and then selling
their bodies to others who are exploited, but this will soon end, the
struggle and the growing awareness will be greater than any domination!

According to media reports, in the
early hours of Sunday, September 25 approximately 300 mink were released
from cages at the Western Star Fur Farm (92326 Conroy Road) in Astoria,
Oregon.

received anonymously (translation):

"In the early morning hours of Thursday the 15th, at
approximately 2:30am, we met to carry out actions of economic sabotage
against businesses that make a living off of nonhuman animal
exploitation.

- We sabotaged a center that distributes and
markets various animal products; we left graffiti on the facade and
glued all its locks.

- Then we sabotaged an establishment used
for marketing non-human animal remains; we threw paint and glued their
locks.

Our actions are a response to the subjugation of countless
individual nonhuman animal victims.

Through these actions we seek
to:

- Delay the opening of these locations, and therefore
delay profit generation at the cost of the animals, both human and
nonhuman.

- Let society know (that is, workers / business owners
/ customers / passerby) that these locals and their 'innocent' products,
which are part of the everyday life of most people, also bring with them
suffering for nonhumans, from the moment of birth until death.

-
Demonstrate to society that there are individuals who are opposed to all
forms of domination, regardless of whether it's based on species,
gender, race....

"With this burst of rage, we claim the retaliatory
action on the accursed night of September 19th, where armed with our
hate, conviction, and a homemade bomb consisting of a container full of
black powder, we set off a thundering explosion in the offices of the
murderous Agrosuper company located at Street 18, downtown Santiago, a
place surrounded by military institutions and only blocks from the
police station.

This is how we take revenge for all the humans and
creatures exploited and put to death by this company owned by Gonzalo
and Cristian Vial (their days are numbered). The anger will arrive at
their doorsteps.

All of our scorn for the month of the blood-stained
fatherland and for all those who profit from or are complicit in the
murder of the Earth in any way.

"Because we view liberation of all individuals, whether
they are animals or humans, to be both our means and our end, we
liberated a rabbit who was imprisoned in a cage, in the courtyard of a
home that like so many institutions oppresses us daily, as families do.
We brought him to the outskirts of the city, to a place where we hope he
can live his life freely, hoping that his encounter with humans that
would domesticate or imprison him never happens again or at least that
it is delayed as long as possible...

That damned cage prevented
him from living his life according to his own particular needs and
prevented him from having contact with the natural (non-civilized)
environment, which belongs to this little being as much as it belongs to
human animals.

We make animal liberation a reality, more than
just slogans, more than 'cyber activism,' more than 'funas' [public
denunciations] (that don't liberate anyone) and they only denounce
people who do them before the cops...

We make animal liberation a
reality, we don't fear direct action (the exploiters won't stop
exploiting through signature collecting, for example), we don't fear
breaking the laws and principles that society has shown us are
unbreakable, eternal and superior to all of us. We lift up our own
values with our actions, vomiting our rage all over the whole miserable
world that enslaves, exploits and destroys all the beauty that exists.

"After learning that
our first arson
at the Chillán rodeo ring would not stop the rodeo during the 'week of
patriotism', we decided to repeat the incendiary action. At about 8:00am
on the morning of September 18, when people sadly 'celebrate' 201 years
of slavery by the fascist $hilean state against us (the poor) as well as
the Mapuche people, and upon seeing all the bourgeois cowboys and animal
torturers, we threw a Molotov cocktail at the outside of the rodeo ring,
without causing serious damage, but letting them know that our struggle
will not stop, that they should be afraid because we are the ones who
will not rest until every center that is patriotic, bourgeois and
exploitive, of animals and humans, is in ruins.

We went back and
left leaflets similar to the previous message:

'We use direct action to stop the symbol of the
patriotic, bourgeois and animal exploitive lie in Chile: the rodeo,
where day after day in September those who are oppressed and defenseless
are tortured, enslaved and murdered: animals, with humans, and others
exploited, the main accomplices of the torturing, murdering speciesists
who carry out an even more violent system of domination, the same system
that keeps us poor, slaves of money-- a State based on inequality and
alienating ways of life. This system based on "authority" is now charged
with killing and torturing animals as if they were objects. We will
start the social war against this system manifested in the State and
Capitalism.

We dedicate this action to our compañero Luciano
Pitronello, who is in the hands of the powerful after having chosen the
most noble and difficult road, the one that few have dared to choose,
the fight against the terrorist and repressive dominating system;
strength Tortuga, we are with you in the struggle every day!!

There will be no peace while animals are enslaved, while
we are slaves, and as long as the Earth has a master!

"At about 4:00am we turned our attention toward a symbol
of the bourgeois and patriotic lie of animal exploitation in the city of
Chillán, setting fire to the rodeo ring in the month when the $hilean
state marks 201 years of slavery of the Mapuche people as well as us. It
was set on fire, causing severe damage, and pamphlets were left with the
following message: 'We resorted to "force"' and direct action as a form
of defense of those who are oppressed and who can not defend themselves:
the animals, who are enslaved, exploited and murdered day after day,
with humans, and others exploited, the main accomplices of the
torturing, murdering speciesists who carry out an even more violent
system of domination, the same system that keeps us poor, slaves of
money-- a State based on inequality and alienating ways of life. This
system based on 'authority' is now charged with killing and torturing
animals as if they were objects. We will bring social war to this system
manifested in the State and Capitalism.

We dedicate this action to our comrade Claudia López,
killed the 11th month of 1998, by the repressive forces of the State. We
remember her in our daily struggles.

There will be no peace while the animals are slaves,
while we are slaves, while the Earth has a master!

For Total
Liberation (human, animal and the Earth). Animal Liberation Front"

A McDonald's in Santiago was attacked early in the
morning of June 29. According to media reports, a large group of hooded
individuals threw Molotov cocktails at the restaurant, which was under
renovation and covered in scaffolding and wood.

"The EligeVeganismo [ChooseVeganism] rescue
team has openly rescued three rabbits and a guinea pig from a center of
animal exploitation (farm) in the metropolitan region during the early
morning of April 9th.

Alelí, Eu, Tamborcita (three young female
rabbits) and April (a female, the only guinea pig in the group) were
living with a hundred individuals of different species such as birds,
fish and other types of rodents to be sold both as pets and as food. A
common attitude of inconsistency and contradiction of our speciesist
culture.

Their cages were shared by six or seven animals and were
stacked on top of each other, constantly getting the excrement of others
who were above them.

As a result of the grates of the uncomfortable metal
boxes that, until now, had been their home, we could see how difficult
it was for them at first to move about freely on the firm earth. Little
by little they gained agility and confidence to enjoy this new life.

The four girls were taken from their cages and immediately moved to
temporary homes, where they will be kept for a few days to provide the
necessary care and assess their current state of health before being
taken to their final homes.

This constitutes the second open
rescue for EligeVeganismo, not, however, the second attempt. We have
suffered defeats and setbacks on the path to this day, where we can see
with satisfaction these individuals are free and we can take pleasure in
their happiness.

We mention it because we want to send a clear message:
the only defeat possible for us and for anyone who fights for Animal
Rights is to stop fighting to make their freedom a reality.

We
encourage all activists to work in a serious, responsible and constant
way, attempting as many times as necessary to achieve actions that
effectively assert the basic rights and interests of each animal.

During the first week of March, the Medialuna Italo
Cánepa rodeo arena, in the Lo Narváez area of Quilpué, was heavily
damaged by fire. The quinchas-- the part of the arena where cows are
pinned by a horse and rider-- and a part of the fence were destroyed by
the flames.

According to local media, a few tires, and bottles with
traces of fuel, were found at the site, items presumably used to carry
out the attack. The slogan 'NO MAS MALTRATO ANIMAL' ('NO MORE ANIMAL
ABUSE') was painted.